leMlfiWWK-awwtxmmvmwmwwww Page Two Armour ’l‘ech News Student Publication of the ARMOUR lNSTlTUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Published Weekly During the College Year Wii‘iuwss Single Copies. 10 Cents Each w mm 25' $2.00 Per Year _...,_.._,_._._-.——— EDlTORlAL BOARD Editor-lurchief .. .............. Fred L. Leason. Jr. Managing Editor .................... Norton Gerber Sports Editor ...... . ....... Joseph M. Kubert News Editor ....... Sidney Rabinowitz Copy Editor .. .Herman O. Bauermeister Business Manager . . . . . ..... E. J. Simek Faculty Advisor ................. Walter Hendricks EDITORIAL DEPARTMENT Assignment Editors .................. W. J. Chelgren, l.. B. Parker, J. l). Shochan Feature Editor ....... . . . . . ........ ll. Weissman Assistants.F. I. Heidenreich, M. Luber, S. M Miner, B. Noblcr, F}. J. Plcva, H. M. Ross, T. H. Watts. News Reporters ........ . . . .L. Bain, R. F. Beardsley. H. J. Bodnar, E. G. Ciechanowicz, J. S. Cullison, M. Ephraim, A. George, R. I. Jafi‘cc, J. D. Keane, R. Kotal, R. N. Lange, C. W. Reh, A. N. Schrieber, R. T. Smith, E. L. Stoll, E. F. Wagner, '1'. W. Yeakle. ..W. A. Chopin, F. D. Hoil‘ert Assistant Copy Readers .. J. F. Sturgeon Photographer ........................... R. Mansfield Cartoonist ................. R. Kicbaven Sports Reporters .. ......... R. A. Bruun, H. R. Coylc, G. F. Morris, C. K. Nauman, l). B. Rodkin, R. l“. Worcester. WM" gowns; “diamante Advertising Manager . ..... . . . . ...... 1. Circulation Manager ........... M. Thomzr ...... C. 0. Forsberg Business Assistant .................... R. B. Burman Vol. XV“. MAY 26, 1936 No. 14 Honor Cycles. 0n the front page appears an article about the award of ten honor cycles to outstanding men in the senior class. These cycles are presumably awarded on a point system by the Armour Tech Athletic Association and the Cycle stall". it is in— teresting to note that captains of all major sports are possessors of this coveted honor. To the or» dinury observer it looks like Athletics have been given an undue significance above other activities which take up just as much of the students” time and which are just as important to college life. The point system, of course, would remove any possiblity of any personal feeling in the selection of the awards. However, a point system which favors athletic ability seems to us somewhat biased. The arrangement of awarding points has. never been made public to our knowledge, and since the present system has stirred up considera. hlc comment among the student body, we should like to request publication of this system and would suggest that the students at a general meet- ing or through their representatives to the new A.T.S.A. revise and pass upon a point system which is more fair in selecting outstanding men of the graduating class. It has always been a real honor to receive a special year book. It is up to the students of Armour to see that the real satisfaction of all the students is gained in an award like the annual presentation of the honor cycles. The American Funnel“ in the desire of many of our country's zealots to restore the era of prosperity, and in their plan» ning, they too often regard the alldmportant farm problem in a light similar to that used in con nection with our industrial problem. That their idea is mistaken has, in the past, often proved true. interesting comments on the farmers’ attitude toward farm life are made in a recent issue of Antioch Notes. During the last decade or two, the trend in farm population has been toward the city. This trend disrupts the social status of the farmer considerably. “. . . Adverse conditions and lack of oppor- tunities drive Vigorous and intelligent men to population centers, until the farm population threatens to become a hopeless peasantry and tonnntry. “During the industrial prosperity of the twenties. farm income was so relatively low that master farmers’ sons and daughters sought better opportunities elsewhere, abandoning the farm to tenants, some of whom may have little sense of responsibility to the soil. That quiet and largely unnoticed change, resulting in part from our ARMOUR TECH NEWS: crops and impoverish the soil, in an attempt to‘ maintain a standard of living comparable with that in industrial centers, and to pay tariffs and other subsidies on purchases. “National policy must make life reasonably satisfactory for competent farmers, so that men of ability will not shun the field. We must nar- row the gulf between rural and urban living for competent people, perhaps by some form of land use, to prevent excessive production, or by direct assurance of prices equivalent to a living wage. “The tradition of good farming is the growth of generations, and once lost cannot be quickly recovered. By intelligent planning we can still save and reenl‘orce the vitality of American farm life, and thus strengthen the foundation of social well—being. What Editors flay“ Qrgnnized Pence In a day when efi’cctive organization has achieved such marked results as the soldiers’ bonus, which was secured by a minority of de— termined Veterans, the recent launching of the Emergency Peace campaign is one of the most in- telligent moves in the present day war on war. The objectives of the campaign are specific and practicable. First the campaigners would strengthen the alternatives to armed conflict, a new and stronger League of Nations, perhaps. Second, they would dig down to the underlying economic and political causes of conflict. seeking to effect change where it is most essential. Third is the desire to unify all anti-war groups, the aim being, of course, to render such a combination more effective than the component parts. Finally there is the educational aim, the effective exccu» tion of which will insure the success of the cam— paign. In carryim.y out its program education, the campaigners will be persistent and forceful, they promise. A series of 300 or more local meetings have been conducted in important communities throughout the country. A similar series will be arranged in the fall and again in January, 1937. Prominent, able speakers, it is promised, will par— ticipatc. On the one hand, the periodic reiteration of the aims of the peace movement will intensify its effectiveness. On the other hand, the will to unify disjointed peace groups representing religious, educational, labor, farmer, and youth organiza— tions promises to make the campaign stronger and more influential than any of the scattered units previously in existence. (Echo Weekly.) Eollegiote Peeclnnem There is no need for the pessimism that the seemingly great majority of college students ex~ press in regard to the value of their education. Reference is quite often made by those not in .favor of higher education to the success of men like Chrysler, Woolworth, Edison, Rockefeller, and Carnegie who did not have the background of a college education and yet made an over— whelming success of their lives. They point to a few other men as evidence that high scholarship is not necessarily an asset. As in all cases, there are exceptions. The men to whom they point are industrial giants of an» other age whose positions are even now being taken or will soon be taken by men who have been thoroughly educated. In this age of kccn competition, it is indeed an oddity for men with a poor education to be selected for positions of responsibility in the world of business. Walter S. Git‘l‘ord, president of the American Telephone & Telegraph company, has made a study of college records which indicate that stu— dents in the first third of their graduating class achieve by far the most notable success. The bot- tom third scholastically remains the bottom third in later success. There will always be the pessimists who think that what a student does in college means little or nothing. University administrators know better than that. Practically all employers who come to the campus or seek letters of recommendation ask The Sliputiolk Cleave to the slipstick; let the slapstick fly where it may. E. J (weeks stained windows [1: urchas he must pass, But he will never cast a. stone Into the looking-gloss. ’1‘ =F * A magician had just completed his act which was most enthusiastically received by the audience. After an encore and five curtain calls, on com- ing backstage he met the manager. The manager joyfully congratulated him, “You were marvelous, Candroke, when you changed those dollar bills into thousand dollar bills, boy, you stunned them." “I’m glad I went over so well," eagerly answered the magic man, “now can I have that two buck raise?" *llx=k S . «VA debutante is like an c.r~ pruni'vr’ ”(noun—light in (he brsl. places. ll: u: x Baron Applegatc~Thr3¢ tell mo that Lord Cheupside is a social fail» ure. Boron Slushgut—Yos, has no manure. verily; he one Prospective Studontho you have much freedom at Armour? Ollice Help—Sure, 1 can come here any time I want before eight and leave any time I wish to alter live. our Oh for the life of a professor—- Ilmt is, (be profcmor who flunkod me in physical. ll: 1) l: Dr. Joncs‘f....llcllo, Doc, this is Henry Briggs, say, how soon can you yank a tooth out'.’. . . .Tomorrow‘l H’m. . . .I thought if you had a min- ute right now. . . .How’s that‘.’. . . . Your gas machine is whal.?....0h, never mind the flflfi. .What say? Sure, I know, but it only takes u second and .l’nhnwl Don‘t Worry about ME. Hell, Heh,. . . .in ten minutes? That's fine, ”or, I’ll brim: the with right over. as 2: >1 Budding Engineer~—“l‘vc added these figures ten times, sir.” F'ronh‘~(B.E.)——“and here’s tcn answers, sir." the at: Diary of u Physics Experiment Preliminary Due ........ 10/19/35 Preliminary Accepted . . . .10/19/35 Returned for Correction . .. Accepted ................ Experiment Performed . . . Alvin/35 Report Presented ......... 2/23/36 Returned for Correction 2/24/36 Accepted ................ 5/28 fills m E! W Gab—For two pins I’d give you a long, lingering kiss. Scotchmun»—Makc it one and I’ll talk business with you. m E. .l. lo a Warm A horse for the Gael And (I. sail for the Viking But E‘. J. has found The ground to hi. liking. For he’ll. never fall Who chooses to crawl. a w urns E. J.~——Suy, pard, can I borrow your pen? Zahu~—Surc thing. E. J.—Got a sheet of writing pa— per I can use? Zazuchckon so. E. . .——Going past the mail box when you go out? Zazu#Uh-huh. E. J.»Wnit a minute till I finish, will ya? Rank—Yep. E. J.~W'ant to lend me 3 for students with good character, good grades“ regular attendance, good personalities, and whol have either been self-supporting, or have taken an active part in extracurricular activities. Regardless of the widespread unemployment uates have still found jobs. Their records helped to pave the way; it wasn’t luck.—— (Kentucky Ker— stamp and an envelopc" Zazur—erh. E. J.—-Much obliged. Soy, what’s your girl‘s address? 9:: er "Stan Healy, your jokes are as bad as the ‘allcgcd humor' in the Slip» sl'ick,”—»Prof. Harris. Which proves a. l i Bihbw—“Finc, that's a good check." l cute bronze foot. ment l Frnlomlly Nome l THETA :Xl We take pleasure in announcing the recent initiation of the following men: Richard Ansol—«E.E. 1938. Arthur Brain—4hfl. 1937. Roy Magnuson—F.P.E. 1937. The turnout for Interlratcrnity Open House Nitc was exceptionally good, which seemn to indicate an un« usual interest for fraternities on the part of non-fraternal men It is our hope that this interest. will be in- creased. With hell week and Junior Week activities closed for the present year, it seems that the remaining few weeks will be spent in concentrated school work. We also wish to announce the offi- core for next term: William Chopin—«Pres. Roy Magnusun—Soc. Richard Ansel-«Treas. William Grnf-——Corres. Sec. Arthur Dro ——Scnior Elder. Fred Anderson—Junior Elder. Definite plans have been complet— ed for our annual picnic to be held Sunday, May 31 at the Indiana Dunes. This will probably be our last social nfl'air with the graduates, so it is hoped thnt fair weather will be on hand. Our golf match with Triangle: was scheduled to be played lust Saturday at Evergreen. The results of the match will be published next week. Tuesday, May 26, A match with Triangle in tennis is pending. Daily practice is being: had by Norris, Christensen, and Magnu- son, who will probably be three star-L era with alternates in Drcis Stevens. l’l RMPIPA Pl-ll Brother Dodge has given the house and a trophy. This loving cup is one of an unusual type and provides an in- teresting: conversational many odd moments. topic at The time of presentation depends on the comple— tion of the “Shovclcrs” Hatred. Yes! contest are now of Pi Kappa Phi. Brother received a He didn't lose a Engel schall in which the actively en~ You have guessed it. ‘ We have now the Shoveler's Trophy foot, but just grained one symbolic of fleet feet in Interclnss Track. Lets tors in swimmingr were awarded to brothers Winhlad and Dodge their efforts in that sport in which one moves along like a fish. We are justly proud of them. School is nearing to a close and with the increasing time our social committee is building: up a moment— ous plan of action for our annual Senior Farewell Dance to be given June 6. a. workout these days in preparation for lnterfraternity Tennis Tourna— merit. RHO DELTA Rl—lfl Activities of the past few weeks have centered about the sixteenth annual Rho Delta Rho Dinner Dance held last Saturday night at the Bul- den~Stratf0rd Hotel. That the weeks of planning and working were well worth the time spent was very well broug t out during" the course of the dance. Reaching: a pinnacle of suc~ cess surpassing even the affairs of bygone years, Rho Delts, actives, pledges, and alumni, were ardent in their praise for the affair. Jimmy Le Roy and his orchestra acted as the melody masters. Special praise should no to Broth~ ers Schulman and Taradash for or- ranging: the affair, and to Brothers Kaplan and Nobler for the beautiful programs which they designed. Continuing this same spirit of ac~ tivity, Hell Week is being: conducted at the house. The pledges are be- ing‘ put through tasks and routines arranged by Brother Levy. PHE KAPPA SlGlVlA The finals of the pin;r pong: tournn» were postponed for Junior Week, but the first match of the for Tennis rackets are getting Gather ’round boys and we'll let you in on a big secret; summer is here! How do we know? Well some- body told whosis, who told sound-so, who told us that the big drooping mustache that once adorned the up- per lip. on the face of SHOLTO M. SPEARS is now gone. And that can only mean one thing—«that it is too warm for the appendage which might also be mistiiken for a crop of ab falfa. Or perhaps you would like to knock our pet theories out of line and say that Sholt‘o’s unsuspecting mustache was removed by a group of playful students, which is also likely. While the. juniors were attending a. lecture at the Lighting Institute, as an inspection trip of Mr. SEE— GRIST’S class, the report 0mm: in of the judgment of the, recent projct “A Small Library” in New York. This time the top honors go to Bill CON- COLINO and Charles PFEFFER, who each wow awarded a. First Men- tion. Nice going boys! That finishes the juniors for this semester, except those who have hecn caught and are "rilggfling" for the seniors new working on. their lost. project which is a remodelling job and will be pre- sented in. the form of working (Ira-w— 77193. The freshmen just haven‘t got a chance for they either enter the rush Junior Week and get knocked around by the sophomores or they stay out and suffer the consequences at the hands of the rest of the fresh. At least the freshmen Arx, led by CUNEO, hurl great intentions of cleaning up on the few who had not entered the rush. We shall have to give them some credit; for they got one man, SCHAEF‘FER, for, to take their word for it, he was neatly ”ninked". However all those who have been missed will be taken care of, along with the others, at their in— itiation to the Arx Society next Fri- day which will be followed by a. ban— quet, where they will note the splen— dor with which the upper‘classmen dine (once every year). Let’s make it a great success and have everyone plan to attend both the banquet and the initiation. Just happened to see some pictures taken at the Junior Formal which, we understand, was in huge success and a [great time was had by all. They must have had‘ a swell lime, at least Hank LOHMILLER did, for he is still bragging about those swell whiskey- soum he had there. But not so Bob BECKER for judging from the photo» graph he was hypnotized as usual. Charlie SALETTA must have felt very conspicuous going home in a tux for he changed hi5 clothes in the cor. feel more conspicuous while cliang‘ ing in the car, for we know Chas-lie, and look, he's blushing right nowl! We’re quite sure he would With the last few weeks of school drawing: to a close Professor KREH- BIEL will have a special attraction to induce his students to come to life. “Kreb” has had many requests for a. certain model, we will not mention her name, and at lost, since there is special need, he has consented. Don’t flock to the class, boys! TOM TAX. DELTA TAU DELTA All the actives nod pledges came down last Saturday to help enter- tain the men who took the freshman , t scholarship examination. The men enjoyed the dinner and many are on thusiastic about coming: to Armour whether they get a st‘holnrship or not. Our ping—pong: team has lost one match to the Phi Raps, but we haven’t given up hope yet. That cup national policy of protecting manufacture while leaving agriculture unprotected and unorganized, has been in fact, a profound revolution in our national life. Business is subsidized by import On behalf of the students of Armour, the I duties and entrenched by great organizations, News wishes to express its deep sympathy ‘ 1 while farm income, as far as the staple export with Robert D. Lenth, whose father died crops are concerned, is fixed by the foreign last week. . : market. Farmers sell plant food in the form of that somebody else besides E. J. and Zazu reads the Slipstick. three was played Off Thursday night. may repose on our mantel soon. Last Sunday the fellows enjoycdi Plans are being: made for n formal dinner at the house with their dates ‘senior {DTEWCU party T0 be given after which scvornl bridge game June the twelfth. There is much in- were continued until the evening. jterest in the pa! v. and it promises Sunday, May the 24th, is the nn- ‘0 be 1‘ 81‘9“ affair. nual picnic nt Trout park. A conoe‘ Ideas have been presented trip up the river from noon till sup~ ‘ summer snterroinmenf but nothing per is the main event of the day. definite has been planned. l l of depression years, the top—notch college grad» nel.) YE * an 1 [up its giddy gm‘glo, I In?) ifs fluent flow, l’ 11.1.11 to wind 'm 1,1 mouth. up, 1 [ml to hear it go. 11;" and that’s ZAZU.